The alert appeared on many, but not all phones in the country stating: “This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening ...

Some 4.5million people will get an emergency alert at 6pm after the Met Office issued a rare 'red alert' warning ahead of Storm Eowyn hitting parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland ...

When the emergency alert system test was rolled out in ... Even with a hands-free system, the odd sound could mean they reach for the phone.' As a result, the Government advises that drivers ...

Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles wildfires. Some were sent to too many people, some to too few.

A 10-second siren will sound on millions of UK mobile phones this year as part of a test of the government's emergency alert system. The alert, for which a date hasn't yet been revealed, was announced ...

The nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts through ... read the alert aloud and emit a loud siren-like sound, even if the device is on silent. It is typically used to warn ...

A 10-second siren will sound on millions of UK mobile phones this year as part of a test of the government's emergency alert system. The alert, for which a date hasn't yet been revealed ...